MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a woman deposited $25,000 worth of fake checks into a First Horizon account and moved the fraudulent funds to a Cash App account before the bank was aware of them.
Rochelle Perkins, 27, was booked into the Shelby County Jail this week on charges of forgery and theft between $10,000 and $60,000.
First Horizon said several forged checks were deposited into customers’ accounts in June and July. WREGPhotography
Bank investigators said four fraudulent checks from three different companies were deposited into Perkins’ bank account between June 18 and July 1.
Also included were two checks totaling nearly $6,000 from Jackson Christian School in Jackson, Tennessee, and a check for $4,163.00 from Forsyth Rooter Services in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Various vendors told police the checks were originally drawn on other vendors and they did not know how Perkins obtained them.
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A Forsyth Router Service employee said, “When I noticed that the vendor had not been paid, I asked my bank to send me a copy, and they discovered that the copy had not been sent to the vendor.”
Police said all of the stolen checks were made to Perkins. The victims told investigators that Perkins had never worked for them and did not know who she was.
Detectives said the bank provided them with statements showing the deposit of fake checks and the transfer of funds through Cash App.
Mr. Perkins was released from jail on Tuesday after posting $7,500 bail. She is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
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